练习19阅读理解＋读后续写Ⅰ.阅读理解A2022·湖南名校联考说明文295词★★☆☆☆MaketheBestofaBadSituationSinceCOVID－19spreadsallovertheworld,manypeoplehavetostayindoorsandworkfromhome.Formostofus,itgreatlychallengesourlivesandbringsboredom.Butforafewpeople,workingathomebringsmorecreativity.Herearethreefamoushistoricalfigureswholettheircreativityflowduringpastpandemics.GiovanniBoccaccio(1313—1375)Whenaplague(瘟疫)hitFlorencein1348,ItalianwriterGiovanniBoccacciolosthisfatherandstepmother.Inordertosurvive,heleftthecityandhidinthecountryside.Inspiredbytheexperience,BoccacciowroteTheDecameron(《十日谈》),acollectionofshortnovelsframedasstoriestoldbyagroupoffriends,whilehewasquarantined(隔离)insideahouseduringtheplague.WilliamShakespeare(1564—1616)In1606,aplaguehitLondon,UK.Whendeathnumbergrew,thegovernmentpostponedmanycelebrationsandclosedallthetheaters.Asanactoranddramatist,Shakespearehadtostopworkingintheplayhouse.Buthedidn'twasteasecondofhistimeoff.Instead,heusedthetimeproductivelyandwrotesomeofhismostfamousplays.Beforetheyearwasover,Shakespearecompletedthreeplays—KingLear,MacbethandAntonyandCleopatra.IsaacNewton(1643—1727)In1665,whenIsaacNewtonwasinhisearly20s,theoutbreakoftheplaguestrucktheUK,andmanyclasseswerecanceled.Newton,asastudent,wentbackhometocontinuehisstudies.Hedevotedhimselftohisstudies.Theyoungmathematicianproducedsomeofhisbestworksduringhisyearinquarantine,writingthepapersthatwouldlaterbecomeearlycalculus(微积分学)，anddevelopinghistheoriesonoptics(光学).Whileworking,anappledroppedfromtheappletreeoutsidehiswindowandhithimonthehead,whichinspiredhistheoryofgravity.1．WhatdidBoccacciododuringtheplague?A．HeleftItalyandhidaway.B．Hestayedindoorsandreadbooks.C．Hefinishedthegreatwork:TheDecameron.D．Hetoldhisfriendsmanyinterestingstories.2．WhatdidtheplaguebringShakespeare?A．Morefreetimeforwriting.B．Inspirationforsinging.C．Moreinterestinacting.D．Deepreflectionsonhistory.3．WhatdowelearnaboutIssacNewtoninquarantine?A．Hehadtostophisstudyonmaths.B．Hep...
